1976 Big 8 Conference Football

Final Standings

Oklahoma State	5	2	0	9	3	0		AP 14/UPI 14
Colorado	5	2	0	8	4	0		AP 16/UPI 16
Oklahoma	5	2	0	9	2	1		AP 5/UPI 6
Iowa State	4	3	0	8	3	0		AP 19/UPI 18
Nebraska	4	3	0	9	3	1		AP 9/UPI 7
Missouri	3	4	0	6	5	0
Kansas	2	5	0	6	5	0
Kansas State	0	7	0	1	10	0
Overall Non-Conference Record	28-7-2

Honors

Consensus First-Team All-Americans

• Mike Vaughan (OT), Oklahoma (unanimous)
• Dave Butterfield (DB), Nebraska
• Derrel Gofourth (C), Oklahoma State

Conference Honors

Coach of the Year: Earle Bruce, Iowa State

Offensive Player of the Year: Terry Miller (RB), Oklahoma State

Defensive Player of the Year: Clete Pillen (LB), Nebraska

Offensive Newcomer of the Year: Thomas Lott (QB), Oklahoma

Defensive Newcomer of the Year: John Corker (LB), Oklahoma State

First-Team All-Conference

Offense

POS	PLAYER	SCHOOL
QB	Vince Ferragamo*	Nebraska
RB	Tony Reed*	Colorado
RB	Terry Miller**	Oklahoma State
WR	Luther Blue*	Iowa State
WR	Joe Stewart*	Missouri
TE	Don Hasselbeck**	Colorado
T	Bob Lingenfelter*	Nebraska
T	Mike Vaughan**	Oklahoma
G	Dave Greenwood*	Iowa State
G	Dan Schmidt*	Nebraska
C	Derrel Gofourth**	Oklahoma State
K	Abby Daigle*	Oklahoma State

Defense

POS	PLAYER	SCHOOL
DE	Ray Phillips*	Nebraska
DE	Daria Butler*	Oklahoma State
DT	Mike Fultz**	Nebraska
DT	Phillip Dokes**	Oklahoma State
MG	Charlie Johnson*	Colorado
LB	Clete Pillen*	Nebraska
LB	Daryl Hunt*	Oklahoma
DB	Mike Spivey*	Colorado
DB	Dave Butterfield**	Nebraska
DB	Scott Hill*	Oklahoma
DB	Zac Henderson**	Oklahoma
P	Cliff Parsley**	Oklahoma State

Post-Season

Bowl Games

Date	Bowl	Team	Opponent	Score
Dec 19	Tangerine Bowl	Oklahoma State	Brigham Young	49-21
Dec 25	Fiesta Bowl	Oklahoma	Wyoming	41-7
Dec 31	Bluebonnet Bowl	Nebraska	Texas Tech	27-24
Jan 1	Orange Bowl	Colorado	Ohio State	10-27

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